New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-27
MINY DESIGNS FOR NEW YACHTS.

NAVAL ARCHITECTS ANXIOUS TO FURNISH PLANS
FOR A VESSEL TO DEFEND THE cur.
Unfortunately there are not many liberal-min ded
capitalists willing TO furnish the money to buiid
Yachts to defend the Americas Cup against the
Thistle as there naval architects who have drawn
rlans for sloops which they believe can show their
serns TO any wind driven boats OF their size aoat
II there WERE a whole feet OF new single stickers
woull participate in the trial races Ihe latest
design has been drawn by ,oung Fall River
and placed in the hands of G. H. Bliven
who Is looking tor man with wealth who Graves the
honor of owning the be at that Will keep the cup IN
America. On paper u looks IKE a last ooat. l. Is
intended to be built OF see and its dimensions are
10Y feet engh at load water line, 50 ieet; extreme
BEAM "a feet; beam at water line, - ieet; drsught
90 feet displacement lll.o2 tons; area OF mdsh,p
12l296 square feet; centre OF bnoyancy ait oil the
middle OF The cad-water line, Ash feet; centre OF
buoyancy below load~ ater line. 40 ieet centre o
load plane aft OF the middle oil the load water
line 50 feet; OF wetted surface without board
1.S7660 square feet; area OF wctted surface win
board, 2,13253 square feet; area OF lateral piano
with boari, 737.69 square feet; centre OF lateral
plane aft of middle of load water linc 7.So feet
ponf of meta cenuc above centre of bpoyaney. S.0i
tret weight of lead in keel 80 short tons: ratio
OF wetted surface TO of lsteral plane. 2sy :
a.ca of three lover sails G5OO square feet; draught
with centreboard, 10 feet length OF centreboard 20
The model OF a smaller sloop by the same designer
has recently been added TO Mr.. Blivens collection.
Its lines bow and stern. smilar Co those OF the
big soop Just described aud its dimensions II built.
wonld be: length NIL, 81 feet, inches length
at load xater line, 80 feet extreme BEAM 10 feet
load water line beam 1ila feet draught, ga feet
acement 81 80 c t and area OF midship section
80 square feet ., .
The sloop yacht Mabel has been cold to resident OF
Havana.
Lewis A. Hall, of the Export Lumber Company has
prchased the steam yacht Ramona, aud Will use her
on the lakes this summer.
Tae steam yacht Wanda, w. Woodward. jr., and
James Stlman which has been laid up tor the winter
at Newport, will come to New-lork TO ht out tins
week.
J. a. Pra:ue's new third-class soop, the Anaconda,
which the Mcssr.. P"on have in hand, Will be
launched about May -.
The steamship Richmond TIil, which arrived yester-
day brought English cutter Cyprus, consigned To
Canadian yachtsmln, who bought her recently. Iho
Cyprus is a fvcton boat measuring forty feet over a'
ana was built in 1879 for the Rev George Leigh Bakc'
OF Portsmouth, England. by Fife ron, of farle scot
land upon drawings furnished by W. Fife, Jr Can
adian skipper sent 10 England 10 take charge OF
transporting her. hut In sailing her from PORTSMOUTH 10
London he washed overheard ,.
C. 4 H. poillon have laid the keel for new forty rect
sloop designed by A. Cary Smith for New-fork iacht
Club man. ,, ,-- -.
The American Yacht Club met at the club house no
J7i Fifave last evening. 10 decide upon design or
their new clubhouse, to he built Oh Mlions Point Long
Island Sound. The plan chosen was one submitted by
f. A. Sargent. OF New York Building viii be begun on
May l. and the contract calls for It's completion on
July 4.